Table 1.

Life expectancy, loss of life expectancy, lifetime cost, and cost per life-year of rheumatoid arthritis patients, stratified by depression.

	N	Death	Men	Age	LE (SEM)	Loss-of-LE (SEM)	Lifetime cost (SEM)	Cost per year
RA without depression	41,649	6,998 (16.8%)	9,807 (23.5%)	52.68 ± 14.11	27.05 (0.60)	4.76 (0.60)	92,239 (1,593)	3,812
RA with depression	1,662	344 (20.7%)	279 (16.8%)	55.41 ± 13.12	24.00 (1.83)	5.60 (1.85)	90,346 (5,207)	4,123
Major depression	500	101 (20.2%)	73 (14.6%)	53.43 ± 13.19	26.70 (2.34)	4.68 (2.40)	99,178 (7,314)	4,228
Minor depression	1,162	243 (20.9%)	206 (17.7%)	56.26 ± 13.12	23.33 (2.10)	5.46 (2.18)	87,109 (6,272)	4,061